'Horrible Bosses' -- 3 stars

R; 1:40 running time You can practically hear little coils of contempt tightening inside Jason Bateman every time he's in a pickle on screen. In the new comedy "Horrible Bosses" the Bateman specialty is the are-you-trying-to-tell-me response. At one point in the film, when confronted with some improbable information, the "Arrested Development" alum asks one of his partners in idiot crime: "You found a hit man online?" "Horrible Bosses" is not Noel Coward, nor is it trying to be. And any sort of comedy benefits from an underplayer in its midst. Cleverly structured, "Horrible Bosses" works in spite of its cruder, scrotum-centric instincts. Director Seth Gordon's film was produced by Brett Ratner and Jay Stern, who made their pile on the "Rush Hour" films. Going in, therefore, you know you'll be subjected to a full complement of screeching tires and mayhem only tangentially related to the reasons people might get a few laughs out of this thing. -- Michael PhillipsRead the full review

R; 1:40 running time You can practically hear little coils of contempt tightening inside Jason Bateman every time he's in a pickle on screen. In the new comedy "Horrible Bosses" the Bateman specialty is the are-you-trying-to-tell-me response. At one point in the film, when confronted with some improbable information, the "Arrested Development" alum asks one of his partners in idiot crime: "You found a hit man online?" "Horrible Bosses" is not Noel Coward, nor is it trying to be. And any sort of comedy benefits from an underplayer in its midst. Cleverly structured, "Horrible Bosses" works in spite of its cruder, scrotum-centric instincts. Director Seth Gordon's film was produced by Brett Ratner and Jay Stern, who made their pile on the "Rush Hour" films. Going in, therefore, you know you'll be subjected to a full complement of screeching tires and mayhem only tangentially related to the reasons people might get a few laughs out of this thing. -- Michael PhillipsRead the full review

R; 1:40 running time You can practically hear little coils of contempt tightening inside Jason Bateman every time he's in a pickle on screen. In the new comedy "Horrible Bosses" the Bateman specialty is the are-you-trying-to-tell-me response. At one point in the film, when confronted with some improbable information, the "Arrested Development" alum asks one of his partners in idiot crime: "You found a hit man online?" "Horrible Bosses" is not Noel Coward, nor is it trying to be. And any sort of comedy benefits from an underplayer in its midst. Cleverly structured, "Horrible Bosses" works in spite of its cruder, scrotum-centric instincts. Director Seth Gordon's film was produced by Brett Ratner and Jay Stern, who made their pile on the "Rush Hour" films. Going in, therefore, you know you'll be subjected to a full complement of screeching tires and mayhem only tangentially related to the reasons people might get a few laughs out of this thing. -- Michael PhillipsRead the full review